Hollywood should stop exploiting the Holocaust Nov 2, 2009
But she of course need not read Wiesel or Primo Levi. She knows of the terrors that those camps produced because she was there, forcing the young children to read to her aloud before sending them to their ghastly death. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
‘Clara’s War’ tells of a Jewish girl surviving the Holocaust in Poland Jul 29, 2009
Clara s War, a true account of a Jewish family hidden in Poland during World War II, has neither the charm of Anne Frank s diary, nor the gravitas of Elie Wiesel s novels, nor the penetrating prose of Primo Levi s memoirs. But it is a book that must be read. (Boston Globe)
Rwanda: Some Things We Know About Genocide May 23, 2009
Citing the ultimate conclusions of Primo Levi, a Jewish-Italian survivor of Auschwitz, Caplan underlines the troubling reality that rather than increasing the resolve not to see history repeated, the existence of one genocide merely affirms the possibility of future tragedy elsewhere in the world. While history suggests that there is ample reason for cynicism, Caplan concludes however that committed action on the part of the public and civil society represents a genuine means of forcing the UN... (allAfrica.com)
Irving tries to enter Israeli market Mar 4, 2009
" Ms Lev told Irving she did not see a market for his writing in Israel. Academics who needed to know about his interpretation of history would go to the original writing in English, she said. The average reader would not want to spend time and money on his books. She went on to tell him that her firm - The Deborah Harris Agency - represented authors such as Primo Levi and Eli Wiesel, the Anne Frank House publishing arm and other memoirs and diaries dealing with the Holocaust. "I informed him... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
